Firefox Extension Downloads Google Videos
Google Video is meant to be used inline--streamed, not downloaded. But with no playlisting features, one-off streaming
is a little retro. Jkinberg at Sandbox Films has written a Firefox extension that rips
the videos off the sites and puts them on your hard drive. (Another script is available for downloading YouTube videos.) It's doubtful that this thing will work in the upcoming Google Video
Marketplace (if Google ever launches it), and I wonder whether Google will allow this script to continue existing,
regardless of the company's friendly relationship with Mozilla and Firefox.
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3. Well, it looks like Google took this one step further... From the site:
Update: I do not provide support for scripts. The Google Video Getter script is now obsolete as Google Video recently added download links for all free videos. They also include downloadable videos that can be purchased in their video store.
-- Jan. 10, 2006
1. It's a greasemonkey script that runs in the Greasemonkey Firefox extension.
Posted at 9:46PM on Jan 8th 2006 by Jason Schramm